Maine lawmakers reject proposal to extend Sears Island conservation easement

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • April 8, 2025

Maine lawmakers have rejected a proposal to extend a conservation easement on Sears Island to include the proposed site of an industrial wind port. The Senate voted 24-9 Monday to kill a bill that would have extended the easement held by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust that currently protects about two-thirds of the 940-acre island by adding the rest of it — about 330 acres owned by the state.